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Matthew Goodwin named as Reform UK candidate in Gorton and Denton by-election

Basit Mahmood
Today

We should point out that Goodwin is also a vocal supporter of Hungary’s Viktor Orban, an autocratic ruler known for attacks on free speech.

Matt Goodwin

Number 10 says Andy Burnham was told in advance he would be rejected as Labour by-election candidate

Basit Mahmood
Today

No 10 “therefore interpret his application as an explicit attempt to destabilise Starmer and sow dissent, rather than – which he claims – see off the threat from Reform”

Andy Burnham

Why it’s time for CEO-to-worker pay caps

Paddy Goffey
Today

A new approach based on CEO to worker pay gap caps could ensure execs are committed to providing a public good, as opposed to being driven solely by financial incentives.

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

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‘All businesses should have a mission’: What are BCorps?

Lucy Skoulding
25 November, 2020

The new movement of businesses balancing purpose with profit. Can they help tilt the balance in favour of communities?

6 major problems with the Chancellor’s Spending Review

Lucy Skoulding
25 November, 2020

After a year devastated by the coronavirus pandemic and with 36 days until the Brexit transition period ends, a lot was expected from Sunak’s speech

Spending Review: Just some of the times Tory ministers pledged to keep the aid budget intact

Josiah Mortimer
25 November, 2020

One minister promised his ‘good pal’ the Chancellor wouldn’t be cutting the aid budget only in September…

A placard at a climate change protest with text reading "There is no planet B"

Caroline Lucas: The world is burning. Sunak’s Spending Review needs to deal with that

Caroline Lucas
24 November, 2020

We need a Green New Deal more than ever, writes Caroline Lucas.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Public sector pay freeze deemed ‘insulting’ as Sunak asked to rethink

Lucy Skoulding
24 November, 2020

It would impact those who have already sacrificed so much during the pandemic

Dr Kailash Chand: The pandemic is poverty. To ‘level up’ we need to overhaul our economy

Dr Kailash Chand OBE
24 November, 2020

The former deputy chair of the British Medical Association shows how inequality is deeply wrapped up in the Covid crisis.

Unite the Union flag

Hospitality sector drives surge in trade union membership

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 November, 2020

The flood in trade union membership, especially within the hospitality sector, has been warmly welcomed by campaigners.

Rishi Sunak

Billions in investment are needed to restart the economy – but the Chancellor is planning austerity

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 November, 2020

As the Chancellor prepares for a public pay freeze, the IPPR calls for an ambitious investment in UK economy and welfare state.

“Desperate and pitiful”: Scottish Tory leader’s coalition invitation met with derision

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 November, 2020

SNP, Scottish Greens and Scottish Labour voice disproval of Douglas Ross’s invitation to form a coalition with Tories.

Frances O'Grady calls for government to work with trade unions

Union movements: Potential UK-Norway trade deal must not be a race to the bottom

Tony Burke
23 November, 2020

Trade unions in UK and Norway have set out clear principles for a future trade agreement.

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